Red-Winged Blackbird Song

The branches bounce with the flutter of little black birds energetically moving through the trees, calling out sweet songs to make the day brighter, and flying in a frenzy at a moments notice. Sit amongst the pretty little passerines and enjoy the symphony that so easily escapes from their beautiful little beaks. This bird breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and Guatemala, with isolated populations in western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, and northwestern Costa Rica. It may winter as far north as Pennsylvania and British Columbia, but northern populations are generally migratory, moving south to Mexico and the southern United States. Claims have been made that it is the most abundant and most well studied bird in North America. The Red-Winged Blackbird can be very aggressive while defending its territory from other animals and birds. It will attack much larger birds, such as crows, ravens, magpies, birds of prey and herons if they enter. This sound uses the following file from Freesound: http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=116791